mockup

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,726 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: mockups

A mockup is a realistic sample of how something will look. Build a mockup, a full-size mockup, approve the mockup.

It shows appearance rather than function, which is what separates a mockup from a prototype: a mockup of an app is a picture of it, and nothing in it works. Car makers still build full-size clay mockups before any metal is cut.

Definitions of mockup

1nounmockupA realistic sample of how something will look.B2+
“The designer showed us a mockup of the new website before any code was written.”

mockup is a model.

Where it comes from

From the verb to mock up, meaning to build a rough version for showing rather than for use.

See mock-up#Etymology.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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mockup in the wild

The mockup was later returned to the United States and placed on permanent display at the U.S.
Space Shuttle Pathfinder
A full-scale mockup with foldable wings was built.
Yakovlev Yak-44
A digital mockup (or digital mock-up) is the digital description of a product, usually in three dimensions.
Digital mockup
A MIDI mockup is an extensive demo of a recording project built using virtual instrument software or hardware to stand in for acoustic instruments.
MIDI mockup
With the development of faster computers, and better software environments for sampling and MIDI editing, most MIDI mockups today are done with software synthesizers.
MIDI mockup

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